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IMO, way too wordy (understandably). An example.
"We were forbidden to use what the elders called curse words nor boast or praise ourselves or others for we were taught that these things led to the downfall of mankind. But we could use descriptive terms of speech as long as we kept it 'clean' and didn't insult each other. Even so, we had learned how to make not-so-hidden meanings for both stinging someone or praising of sorts and all this within plain hearing. It depended on the tone, circumstances, and person speaking how you wanted to take it. Many conversations were spoken that had the true contents beneath the words. And many were spoken that could be taken on the surface."
Which boils down to: "Though the elders had banned boasting and condescion, we had all learned the art of sarcasm." Or something like that.
I can see why you're doing what you're doing, but it just doesn't work for me.
"We were forbidden to use what the elders called curse words nor boast or praise ourselves or others for we were taught that these things led to the downfall of mankind. But we could use descriptive terms of speech as long as we kept it 'clean' and didn't insult each other. Even so, we had learned how to make not-so-hidden meanings for both stinging someone or praising of sorts and all this within plain hearing. It depended on the tone, circumstances, and person speaking how you wanted to take it. Many conversations were spoken that had the true contents beneath the words. And many were spoken that could be taken on the surface."
Which boils down to: "Though the elders had banned boasting and condescion, we had all learned the art of sarcasm." Or something like that.
I can see why you're doing what you're doing, but it just doesn't work for me.
